Improvement in formers for bending carriage-seat irons



L. EMERSUN, A. l. CLARK & I. TQRICHMDND.

Former for Bending Carriage-Seat Irons.

No 168,0()'7, PatentedSept.21,1875.

N PETERS, FNOTO-LITHOGRAPHER, WASHINGTON D C NI'IED STATES PATENTOFFICE.

LOWE EMERSON, ALEXANDER J. CLARK, AND JOHN T. RICHMOND, OF

CINCINNATI, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT- IN FORMERS FOR BENDING CARRIAGE-SEAT IRONS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 168.007, datedSeptember 21,1875; application filed August 28, 1875.

To all whom it may concern: Be it known that we, LOWE EMERSON, AL-EXANDER J. CLARK, and JOHN T. RICHMOND,

of Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Forming-Blocks forMaking Carriage Seat Shifting Rails and Irons; and we do hereby declarethat the following is a'full, clear, and exact description thereof,which will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to makeand use the same, reference being had tothe accompanying drawing, and tothe letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification, in which- Figure l is a perspective view from the rear.Fig. 2 is a perspective View from the front.

The object of this invention is to produce a device for makingshifting-rails and seat-irons I for carriages, whereby the costot'manufacture can be very greatly lessened, and a better article canbeafi'orded to the trade; and to this end it consists in combining anduniting in one device forms for shaping and fashioning the several railsand seat-irons used and applied in carriages, wagons,and the like,substantially as will now be set forth.

In the accompanying drawings, A denotes the base of the former or block,to which is secured and attached in any suitable way, as now shown uponflange or curved part- A, the standard 15. To this standard may behinged directly the arms C, or the hinges may be attached to the ends ofthe arms of crosspiece 0, which is fixed to and upon B, as shall befound useful and "suitable. In the first method the said arms may bebrought close to the said standard, and in the latter they can be set atany desired distance from it. 1), on the front edge of the inclined partA, or on a flange of A, is the form for the seat-handle. This is nowrepresented as adapted for making a circular or curved handle, but it isobvious that we need not limit ourselves to any particular shape. Thismay be secured in place by means ofnuts and bolts. E is the form for thebow-rest; F, the collar or pin rail and guard for the seat-irons toattach the shifting rails to the seat. Gr is the gooseneck form,

which is movable on bolt g, playing in slot g, and held at any desiredpoint by a nut. H is the arm-rest form, the end of which is movable onbolt h, playing in slot h, and held in 1 is the arm-rest to the positionby a nut. lazy-back; K, the former for the lazy-back standard-rail. L,flanges on which the shifting-railis formed. To each of the arms C isfixed on the outside a curved projection, 0, adapted to and resting uponand stayed by the curve of A when either of said arms is turned fullyout, so as to have its edge come in line with the top of A.

In using the block or former, we first swage out the goose-neck, andweld it and the lazyback to the rail straight, and also the rail collarsand pins; then we place the rail upon the former or block and hammer itto its positioncold. This is done quickly, and thus the result to beattained is very surely and handsomely effected. The arms being hinged,as above described, .the shifting-rail can be readily removed after ithas been formed.

The advantages to be gained by use of our said invention are many andgreat. Thecost of manufacture is very much lessened, because the workcan be more rapidly and more surely and efiectively done than by anyother method or process now in use for this purpose. The several ironsor parts are all made, in every instance, uniform and alike; and thus,when occasion calls, they can be used interchangeably.

Having thus described our invention, what we consider new, and desire tosecure by Hetters Patent, is

The former or block, herein described, for

shaping and fashioning shifting rails and seat-irons for carriages,substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own we aflix oursignatures in presence of two witnesses.

LOWE EMERSON.

ALEXANDER J. CLARK.

JOHN T. RICHMOND.

Witnesses:

JAS. H. HALLADAY, WM. FISHER.

